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Ms. Graves from Hermitage, TN is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Your Space Or Mine?

My students need a carpet.

  • $482 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Understanding personal space and feeling comfortable in a new environment is difficult for young learners, especially those who have not had the experience of formal learning. Students have trouble concentrating and staying on task when others are in their personal space.

Our kindergarten class is a very diverse and exciting group of learners.

There is a mixture of English Language Learners, Exceptional Education students, Gifted Learners, and normally advancing students. While our school is blessed with a supportive community many of our students are economically disadvantaged and find refuge behind the comforting walls of our building as a part of our school family.

My Project

We are in need of a cheerful classroom carpet that provides defined personal spaces for each student. In Kindergarten we spend the majority of our day away from tables and desks. We use our carpet for almost every single activity. Students may sit and listen to a story, work with a partner on an investigative activity, or be engaged completing an assignment independently. We fall in love with books, learn to work together while playing games, and most importantly begin to understand proper social and behavioral interactions with our peers.

A carpet, to some, may seem unimportant compared to common core standards, assessments, and academic learning.

However, to teach and inspire a young child, one must provide a safe, fun, and comfortable environment. Unless every need of the child is met, he or she will not be as receptive to the material being presented. Providing this carpet also provides each child with a home base thus fostering confidence, security, and increasing the retention of academic material.

Ms. Graves
Grades PreK-2
    More than a third of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

    This project will reach 20 students.

    14 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nature Alphabet Blocks Carpet 8' x 12' • Kaplan Early Learning Company $373.96 1 $373.96

Materials cost

$373.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$409.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.28

Total project goal

$481.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $481.85

12 Donors

-$295.00

Donations toward project cost

-$255.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.75

match offer

-$181.55

Match offer toward project cost

-$154.32

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.23

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.29

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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